What makes some people horde hundreds of cats in their home? Why do felines tend to have a strange power over some people? Here's an ongoing look at strange cat stories in the news.
Police are charging a 54-year-old woman with neglect of the elderly after they allegedly found her 84-year-old woman huddling for warmth in a small apartment with 50 cats, 20 ducks, and various other animals, including turkeys and a dog. The apartment reeked of urine, and two dead cats were found in the freezer.
A lucky cat owes one of its nine lives to a firefighter who revived it with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
All it took was a picture posted on a Flickr account for the Rock family of Illinois to turn their cat, Yoda, into an international star, with offers to go on
Good Morning America,
Fox News and
The Tyra Banks Show, among many others.And it all started over a little deformity.
A 54-year-old Nebraska woman who, officials said, smelled like cat urine was found with a raccoon, a rabbit, and 117 cats, some quite sick, all living in her feces-caked Omaha home. Humane society workers, who had earlier pulled 200 cats from her house, stepped in after she was arrested for allegedly stealing cat food.
Police say they found 300 dead cats stuffed into the freezers of a 47-year-old man from Sacramento, whose home was littered with cat feces.
Anywhere from 170 to 177 cats were taken from a urine-soaked home in Fond Du Lac, Wis., where neighbors complained of a "strong smell" wafting from the abode. One of the two men living there allegedly told authorities that he and his brother had no more than seven felines.
Where did that litter box go? British vets are noting an increasing number of cats -- possibly 10 percent of the country's domesticated felines -- that show symptoms similar to Alzheimer's disease. Longer life spans, and diet could be contributing factors, experts say.
A look back at Faith -- the British cat that won a special medal for bravery -- and other fantastic felines.
When you hear of what some misguided journalism students from Denmark did on Facebook, it makes you long for the good old day when groups like PETA would merely dose women with paint for wearing fur.
A jailed drug lord has allegedly been using digitally encoded email images of Hello Kitty to smuggle out messages to his followers.
